#1
Keep running into the same wall with platforms are best for black dating for free without dealing with fake accounts.
Everything hinges on the paywall question as far as I'm concerned.
Anyone who has actually tested fake accounts — what did you find?
#2
What helped with fake accounts was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.
The one I keep returning to for fake accounts is Datedesire, mostly because the messaging is genuinely open.
#3
Depends heavily on context — fake accounts can be fine in cities and thin outside them.
Whatever you decide about fake accounts, decide it on your own usage rather than a thread.
I compared it side by side with fake accounts: a lot different once the novelty wore off.
I would check Ezhookups next if the mainstream apps have worn you down on fake accounts.
#4
Generally, blaming fake accounts misses what's actually going on.
Ran fake accounts alongside two others for comparison and the gap was considerably smaller than advertised.
#5
I tested it properly, and what stood out about fake accounts was how quickly the pattern set in.
#6
Agreed on fake accounts, and on balance the pattern holds wherever I have looked.
The thing that shifted fake accounts for me was slowing down before replying.
Happy to revisit fake accounts if someone has newer experience.
#8
CindyP is closer to it than the rest of this thread on fake accounts.nobody's numbers on fake accounts are as solid as they sound, mine included.
There is a version of this I agree with: fake accounts can be inconsistent rather than bad.
Happy to revisit fake accounts if someone has newer experience.
#9
Results on fake accounts improved once I stopped optimising for volume.
I went in with low expectations with fake accounts: noticeably different once the novelty wore off.
The useful test for fake accounts is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.
#10
I'd push back on this, because fake accounts worked noticeably better for me than you're suggesting.
Small thing, big effect on fake accounts: write openers that reference something specific.
On the paywall question specifically, Datescout handled it better than the obvious names.
#11
Tested fake accounts deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.
My notes on fake accounts these days say the opposite of the popular take.
Datingfly came up when I was comparing free tiers for fake accounts and it held up — the users who find it tend to know what they want.
#12
Building on what Rachel said about fake accounts,depends heavily on context — fake accounts can be fine in cities and thin outside them.
Worth separating two things here — fake accounts and what people expect from it.
Worth separating two things here — fake accounts and what people expect from it.